WORTH NOTING; There's Also a Bridge, But It's Not for Sale

By George James

Published: June 19, 2005

The house at 222 West State Street in Trenton is the last remaining mansion built by the Roebling family -- of Brooklyn Bridge fame -- but it has long been neglected, vacant and threatened with demolition.

All that changed a little more than a week ago when Mayor Douglas Palmer turned over the deed to the New Jersey State League of Municipalities, which will use the mansion as its new headquarters.

The Roebling Mansion was built around 1900 by Ferdinand W. Roebling Sr., one of three sons of John A. Roebling, inventor of the wire-rope cable used to construct the Brooklyn Bridge, which he designed.

The architectural firm of Clark, Caton & Hintz -- which renovated Morven, the former governor's mansion -- plans to restore the Roebling manse and put on an addition, Mr. Dressel said.

Besides having a lot more elbow room, the league will be even closer to the action than it is in its current office, which is about three-quarters of a mile from the State House.

''At 222, we'll be a hundred yards from the front door,'' Mr. Dressel said. George James